
Celebrating 25 years of AEDP
In-Person in New York City or Live Online
3 days: Friday – Sunday, April 4 – 6, 2025
In April, AEDP community from around the world will gather in New York City for 3 days of learning, laughing, and becoming inspired, TOGETHER at last!
The 2025 Conference, In It Together, will be held both online and in-person at the legendary Webster Hall in downtown Manhattan where invited speakers from within and beyond the AEDP community will grace the same stage that world famous musicians and speakers have performed on for more than 140 years.
The conference is designed in instruct and inspire AEDP therapists of all levels. Check out the agenda and list of speakers and topics below. Most presentations work to refresh, deepen and refine your AEDP practice and include illuminating clinical video, live demonstrations and / or in-person dialogues with clients reflecting on their treatments. In addition there will be two sciencey, research talks which will most definitely spark exciting conversations with your colleagues as they bridge the researcher-clinician divide. And finally you can expect to hear inspiring shorts – Ted Talk® style presentations that present AEDP treatment in a larger social context or in fascinating niche scenarios.
In-person seats are limited to 600, so it’s important to register early!
Why Register Now?
1) To be sure to get a seat. We sold out all 400 seats at our last conference 10 years ago. We are 50% sold out as of middle of November!
2) Start on a payment plan if that’s right for you.
3) Get first dibs on the (limited!) discounted hotel rooms across the street from the conference. Specially priced rooms are available only to registered participants (you’ll receive the link to learn more on your registration confirmation).
4) Join the list of people we tap into about conference agenda and surrounding social events.
5) Participate in a conference Google Group: converse with registered attendees from around the world, building excitement and making plans.
Keynote Presenters

Diana Fosha, PhD

Gul Dolen
Solo Presenters

Benjamin Lipton
The ABC’s of AEDP: Acronyms to get you started or keep you on track with the practice of AEDP.

Jerry Lamagna
When Treatment Gets Stuck: Addressing therapeutic impasses in AEDP treatment.

Natasha Prenn
Put Deliberate Practice into your AEDP Practice.

Eileen Russell
When Empathy and Authenticity Collide in AEDP

Ben Medley
Navigating Differences in Social Experience in the Therapeutic Dyad

Karen Pando-Mars
Flavors of Relational Work Across Attachment Patterns

Sigal Bahat
The Semi-Permeable Cell Membrane: The legitimacy of Personal Boundaries

H. Jacquie Ye-Perman
AEDP Reaches out in Zimbabwe.

Danny Yeung
Hearkening Together in One Spirit: I-and-Dao in the here-and-now as AEDP therapist’s transpersonal use of selfs

Heather Sanford
Maximizing the Transformational Power of AEDP: Using Groups in the Community Mental Health Setting.

Gerald Brooks
Black Men Do Cry: The Transformational Tear, Father Wounds, and the Healing Power of AEDP.

Kev Kokoska
Responses To Constraint: Relational Prisms in Prisons

Yuval Moses
In Defense of Defenses: lessons from integrating DBT with AEDP when feeling emotions leads to high risk behaviors.

Shigeru Iwakabe
16 Session AEDP & the AEDP Research Project: bridging the clinician researcher divide.
Presenting in Duos
Conference Information
Conference Agenda
Friday April 4, 2025 | ||
8:00 am | Registration, Sign In, Coffee, Tea | |
8:45 am | Welcome Remarks | |
9:00 – 12:00 pm | Keynote #1, Panel, 1 Solo | |
12:00 – 1:15 pm | Lunch (on your own/ with friends) | |
1:15 – 5:30 pm | 2 Solos, 4 Shorts, Closing Remarks | |
5:30 – 7:00 pm | In It Together Evening Reception | |
Saturday April 5, 2025 | ||
8:00 am | Sign In, Coffee, Tea | |
8:45 – 12:30 pm | Welcome, 1 Group Presentation, 2 Solos | |
12:30 – 1:45 pm | Lunch (on your own/ with friends) | |
1:45 – 5:30 pm | 1 Solo, 1 Group Presentation, Keynote #2 | |
6:30 – 11:00 pm (various) | Separately Ticketed Social Event | Click to register- Dinner Cruise around Manhattan | |
Sunday April 6, 2025 | ||
8:00 am | Sign In, Coffee, Tea | |
8:45 – 11:00 am | Welcome, 1 Solo, 3 Shorts | |
11:00 – 11:30 am | Break | |
11:30 – 1:30 pm | 2 Solos | |
1:30 – 2:00 pm | Closing Remarks |

3 Hour Dinner Cruise around Manhattan- Saturday, April 5, 2025
Join us for an unforgettable elegant evening on the water with your colleagues!
Reserve a spot now for you and any family member who may have traveled with you.
Includes a delicious seated Buffet Style Dinner. One bottle of wine per table plus cash bar. Dancing with a DJ and most special of all spectacular views of New York City from the water! Arrive with your party 30 minutes prior to grab your table!
- 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Meet at Pier 40 (353 West Street, New York, NY 10014)
- Departure Location: Pier 40 (353 West Street, New York, NY 10014) a 30 minute walk or 15 minute bus ride from the conference venue
- Boarding Time: 6:30 PM (30 minutes before departure and one hour after the close of the conference day)
- Price: $155 per person
- Seats are limited so don’t wait!
Accommodations: Webster Hall is located at 125 East 11th St in NYC, NY. A quick Google search will bring up LOTS of hotels nearby. We have secured a limited number of discounted rooms at a hotel right across the street from the venue. Early registrants for the In-person event will be given a link to access that room block. We anticipate it will sell out fast. For now we do not have plans to get additional discounted room blocks.
Limited Scholarships and Extended Payment Plans for AEDP Scholarship Recipients: If you have been a recipient of any scholarship from the AEDP Institute, you are eligible for an extended payment plan offered through December 31, 2024, and you may be eligible for one of the limited scholarships being offered for the conference. Please email Carolyn for more information:
Limited Scholarship Options:
- In Person Conference Scholarships: Email Carolyn by November 30,2024 if interested: A small number of partial scholarships towards the in-person conference registration fee are available for “high Level 2+” individuals in the AEDP PWYW scholarship community. (or take advantage of the extended payment plan below)
- Online conference: Email Carolyn by November 30, 2024 if interested: A small number of 30% scholarships will be made available to recipients of PWYW, Diversity and Financial scholarships. (or take advantage of the extended payment plan below)
Extended Payment Plans In place of receiving a conference scholarship: All past course scholarship recipients are eligible for a special extended payment plan. This plan requires a $100 deposit by December 31, 2024, followed by $100 monthly payments until the total amount is paid.
Continuing Education Credits: We do not know at this time whether the AEDP Conference will be CE eligible.
Refund Policy: 10% charge on refunds requested prior to February 15, 2025 (covers our credit card fees). No refunds starting February 15, 2025.
ADA Information: Disability Access: If you require ADA accommodations please contact Marilia Rodriguez, admin@aedpinstitute.org or call 813-553-1294 thirty days or more before the event so we can be sure to accommodate you.
Your Question Shared Here. If you have a question about the conference, please write to admin@aedpinstitute.org and we will do our best to answer it and maybe even share the question and answer here.
Conference Dates, Times & Setting
Dates
Friday April 4, 2024
Saturday April 5, 2024
Sunday April 6. 2024
Times
12:00 – 4:30 PM EST
12:00 – 4:30 PM EST
12:00 – 4:30 PM EST
Setting
In Person: Webster Hall, 125 East 11th St in NYC, NY, USA
Live Online: Zoom Meeting You will need a private space with a reliable Internet connection
Please double check the meeting time in your local time zone by visiting here.
Registration, Fees & Scholarships
Non Member
In Person Registration
$799
One Payment or Payment Plan
Payment Plan requires a $300 deposit by December 31, 2024 plus 4 payments of $124.75
Non Member
Live Online Registration
$599
One Payment or Payment Plan
Payment Plan requires a $300 deposit by December 31, 2024 plus 4 payments of $74.75
Scholarships
We are no longer accepting applications for this event
Are you a Member? Log in to get your member discount.
Refund Policy for The AEDP Conference
Refund Policy: 10% charge on refunds requested prior to February 15, 2025 (covers our credit card fees). No refunds starting February 15, 2025.
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